8 Tachwedd 2023 , Health and Social Care Committee
Sesiwn graffu gyffredinol gyda'r Gweinidog Iechyd a Gwasanaethau Cymdeithasol, y Dirprwy Weinidog Gwasanaethau Cymdeithasol a’r Dirprwy Weinidog Iechyd Meddwl a Llesiant
Alex.
8 Tachwedd 2023 , Health and Social Care Committee
Sesiwn graffu gyffredinol gyda'r Gweinidog Iechyd a Gwasanaethau Cymdeithasol, y Dirprwy Weinidog Gwasanaethau Cymdeithasol a’r Dirprwy Weinidog Iechyd Meddwl a Llesiant
—the UK Government have responsibility for, and I know Sarah Murphy is very aware of that. But we know that there's been about an 11 per cent increase in terms of inflation this year on medicines. I don't know if Alex would like to come in on that.
8 Tachwedd 2023 , Health and Social Care Committee
Sesiwn graffu gyffredinol gyda'r Gweinidog Iechyd a Gwasanaethau Cymdeithasol, y Dirprwy Weinidog Gwasanaethau Cymdeithasol a’r Dirprwy Weinidog Iechyd Meddwl a Llesiant
So, getting hold of medicine, that's a reserved power, so that's something that—
8 Tachwedd 2023 , Health and Social Care Committee
Sesiwn graffu gyffredinol gyda'r Gweinidog Iechyd a Gwasanaethau Cymdeithasol, y Dirprwy Weinidog Gwasanaethau Cymdeithasol a’r Dirprwy Weinidog Iechyd Meddwl a Llesiant
We spend about £1 billion a year on medication. There's a huge amount of work being done across Government. I mean, there's a kind of permanent process of trying to bear down on how much we spend on that. I don't know if, Hywel, you could just elaborate a…
8 Tachwedd 2023 , Health and Social Care Committee
Sesiwn graffu gyffredinol gyda'r Gweinidog Iechyd a Gwasanaethau Cymdeithasol, y Dirprwy Weinidog Gwasanaethau Cymdeithasol a’r Dirprwy Weinidog Iechyd Meddwl a Llesiant
It's additional money that's going into the system. Inflationary pressures mean that the money that was in there before—which has not been cut; there's more money than ever before gone into health—and the amount you can buy for that money has reduced…
8 Tachwedd 2023 , Health and Social Care Committee
Sesiwn graffu gyffredinol gyda'r Gweinidog Iechyd a Gwasanaethau Cymdeithasol, y Dirprwy Weinidog Gwasanaethau Cymdeithasol a’r Dirprwy Weinidog Iechyd Meddwl a Llesiant
No, it's not a cut; it's additional money.
8 Tachwedd 2023 , Health and Social Care Committee
Sesiwn graffu gyffredinol gyda'r Gweinidog Iechyd a Gwasanaethau Cymdeithasol, y Dirprwy Weinidog Gwasanaethau Cymdeithasol a’r Dirprwy Weinidog Iechyd Meddwl a Llesiant
There is. So, there are lots of things we've asked them to do. One of them is to make sure that they try to deliver efficiency savings of 2 per cent. So, 2 per cent of £10 billion is quite a lot of money. That's about £220 million. That's a lot to save just…
8 Tachwedd 2023 , Health and Social Care Committee
Sesiwn graffu gyffredinol gyda'r Gweinidog Iechyd a Gwasanaethau Cymdeithasol, y Dirprwy Weinidog Gwasanaethau Cymdeithasol a’r Dirprwy Weinidog Iechyd Meddwl a Llesiant
There is.
8 Tachwedd 2023 , Health and Social Care Committee
Sesiwn graffu gyffredinol gyda'r Gweinidog Iechyd a Gwasanaethau Cymdeithasol, y Dirprwy Weinidog Gwasanaethau Cymdeithasol a’r Dirprwy Weinidog Iechyd Meddwl a Llesiant
Look, I think it is important to put this in context. Our budget is worth £900 million less than it was when it was set in 2021. What we know is that this is as a result of—. Certainly within the health services, what we've seen are pressures coming from…
8 Tachwedd 2023 , Health and Social Care Committee
Sesiwn graffu gyffredinol gyda'r Gweinidog Iechyd a Gwasanaethau Cymdeithasol, y Dirprwy Weinidog Gwasanaethau Cymdeithasol a’r Dirprwy Weinidog Iechyd Meddwl a Llesiant
So, we've been doing a lot of work with our trade union partners to try and see what more we can do to incentivise people to come into the system, and not to use the agency approach. So, we've been having very, very detailed conversations with them around…
8 Tachwedd 2023 , Health and Social Care Committee
Sesiwn graffu gyffredinol gyda'r Gweinidog Iechyd a Gwasanaethau Cymdeithasol, y Dirprwy Weinidog Gwasanaethau Cymdeithasol a’r Dirprwy Weinidog Iechyd Meddwl a Llesiant
Yes.
8 Tachwedd 2023 , Health and Social Care Committee
Sesiwn graffu gyffredinol gyda'r Gweinidog Iechyd a Gwasanaethau Cymdeithasol, y Dirprwy Weinidog Gwasanaethau Cymdeithasol a’r Dirprwy Weinidog Iechyd Meddwl a Llesiant
Sorry, just to correct the figure I gave, I gave a figure of £224 million, which is the vacancy rate.
8 Tachwedd 2023 , Health and Social Care Committee
Sesiwn graffu gyffredinol gyda'r Gweinidog Iechyd a Gwasanaethau Cymdeithasol, y Dirprwy Weinidog Gwasanaethau Cymdeithasol a’r Dirprwy Weinidog Iechyd Meddwl a Llesiant
Thanks very much. Well, I think, first of all, we've got to put a context around this. We are employing 17 per cent more staff in the NHS in Wales now, compared to June 2019. Just in the past year, we've employed 3,400 more NHS staff, but the fact is that…
8 Tachwedd 2023 , Health and Social Care Committee
Sesiwn graffu gyffredinol gyda'r Gweinidog Iechyd a Gwasanaethau Cymdeithasol, y Dirprwy Weinidog Gwasanaethau Cymdeithasol a’r Dirprwy Weinidog Iechyd Meddwl a Llesiant
We've kicked off that process with the representatives from emergency departments. It was the first time that people from all the emergency departments in Wales had come together and we're hoping that they will come up with their recommendations probably by…
8 Tachwedd 2023 , Health and Social Care Committee
Sesiwn graffu gyffredinol gyda'r Gweinidog Iechyd a Gwasanaethau Cymdeithasol, y Dirprwy Weinidog Gwasanaethau Cymdeithasol a’r Dirprwy Weinidog Iechyd Meddwl a Llesiant
I have asked them, and so we have been given assurances that they're following the guidance. What I've also said is that we are open to review the guidance if it's not appropriate as it is at the moment. But let's not forget that initially, when this guidance…
8 Tachwedd 2023 , Health and Social Care Committee
Sesiwn graffu gyffredinol gyda'r Gweinidog Iechyd a Gwasanaethau Cymdeithasol, y Dirprwy Weinidog Gwasanaethau Cymdeithasol a’r Dirprwy Weinidog Iechyd Meddwl a Llesiant
I'd be very concerned if that were the case. We have asked very clearly, 'Are people following the guidance that we've set out?' And we've been given assurances by all the health boards that they are following the guidance.
8 Tachwedd 2023 , Health and Social Care Committee
Sesiwn graffu gyffredinol gyda'r Gweinidog Iechyd a Gwasanaethau Cymdeithasol, y Dirprwy Weinidog Gwasanaethau Cymdeithasol a’r Dirprwy Weinidog Iechyd Meddwl a Llesiant
I'd be very concerned if that were the case.
8 Tachwedd 2023 , Health and Social Care Committee
Sesiwn graffu gyffredinol gyda'r Gweinidog Iechyd a Gwasanaethau Cymdeithasol, y Dirprwy Weinidog Gwasanaethau Cymdeithasol a’r Dirprwy Weinidog Iechyd Meddwl a Llesiant
I think the more important issue is have they been treated. I gave an example the other day of my auntie: we took my auntie into hospital, she had a heart issue, she was treated, and they said, 'Look, can we keep her in for observations?' Nothing else…
8 Tachwedd 2023 , Health and Social Care Committee
Sesiwn graffu gyffredinol gyda'r Gweinidog Iechyd a Gwasanaethau Cymdeithasol, y Dirprwy Weinidog Gwasanaethau Cymdeithasol a’r Dirprwy Weinidog Iechyd Meddwl a Llesiant
Management figures. Felly maen nhw'n gwybod y gwahaniaeth rhwng faint sydd wedi cael y driniaeth ond maen nhw'n dal yn aros yna, a'r rheini sydd yn aros.
8 Tachwedd 2023 , Health and Social Care Committee
Sesiwn graffu gyffredinol gyda'r Gweinidog Iechyd a Gwasanaethau Cymdeithasol, y Dirprwy Weinidog Gwasanaethau Cymdeithasol a’r Dirprwy Weinidog Iechyd Meddwl a Llesiant
Dwi’n meddwl ein bod ni’n gwybod faint o bobl sydd yn ein hadrannau brys ni. Dwi’n meddwl bod manijers yn ymwybodol o’r hyn sy’n digwydd, ac maen nhw’n ystyried hynny pan maen nhw'n teilwra beth sydd angen o ran lle yn yr adrannau brys, felly mae hwnna i gyd…
8 Tachwedd 2023 , Health and Social Care Committee
Sesiwn graffu gyffredinol gyda'r Gweinidog Iechyd a Gwasanaethau Cymdeithasol, y Dirprwy Weinidog Gwasanaethau Cymdeithasol a’r Dirprwy Weinidog Iechyd Meddwl a Llesiant
Mae nhw yn. Maen nhw'n eu galw nhw'n rhywbeth gwahanol. Rydym ni wedi bod yn edrych ar y guidance sydd gyda nhw mewn lle. Maen nhw'n eu galw nhw'n rhywbeth gwahanol, ond o beth ŷn ni'n ei ddeall, mae'n nhw'n ei wneud e yn yr un ffordd. Dwi wedi edrych ar y…
8 Tachwedd 2023 , Health and Social Care Committee
Sesiwn graffu gyffredinol gyda'r Gweinidog Iechyd a Gwasanaethau Cymdeithasol, y Dirprwy Weinidog Gwasanaethau Cymdeithasol a’r Dirprwy Weinidog Iechyd Meddwl a Llesiant
Wrth gwrs ein bod ni ddim yn hapus. Mae yna bwysau aruthrol ar yr adrannau brys, ac fel y gweloch chi hyd yn oed dros y penwythnos diwethaf, mae'r pwysau yna yn cynyddu. Jest o ran yr hyn sy'n digwydd, dwi'n meddwl mai beth sydd gyda ni yw guidelines rŷn ni…
8 Tachwedd 2023 , Health and Social Care Committee
Sesiwn graffu gyffredinol gyda'r Gweinidog Iechyd a Gwasanaethau Cymdeithasol, y Dirprwy Weinidog Gwasanaethau Cymdeithasol a’r Dirprwy Weinidog Iechyd Meddwl a Llesiant
Sure. I'm very happy for them to publish their report. I'm not necessarily making a commitment to take on board everything that they suggest, but I'd be happy for you to see that, and then I'll be making some decisions on the basis of whether I agree or not…
8 Tachwedd 2023 , Health and Social Care Committee
Sesiwn graffu gyffredinol gyda'r Gweinidog Iechyd a Gwasanaethau Cymdeithasol, y Dirprwy Weinidog Gwasanaethau Cymdeithasol a’r Dirprwy Weinidog Iechyd Meddwl a Llesiant
I think it's an opportunity to reflect on the structure that we have, because the structure that we have was introduced back in 2008. And, of course, now that we have the NHS Wales Executive, which has come into being, I think it's a good time to reflect on…
8 Tachwedd 2023 , Health and Social Care Committee
Sesiwn graffu gyffredinol gyda'r Gweinidog Iechyd a Gwasanaethau Cymdeithasol, y Dirprwy Weinidog Gwasanaethau Cymdeithasol a’r Dirprwy Weinidog Iechyd Meddwl a Llesiant
We've got two more behind, if that's okay.
